THE RETURNBy Rudyard KiplingPEACE is declared, and I returnTo ’Ackneystadt, but not the same;Things ’ave transpir...

PORTRAIT BY A NEIGHBORBy Edna St. Vincent MillayBefore she has her floor sweptOr her dishes done,Any day you’ll...

“OUT, OUT—”By Robert FrostTHE BUZZ-SAW snarled and rattled in the yardAnd made dust and dropped stove-length st...

A RIDDLEBy Hannah MoreI’m a strange contraction; I’m new, and I’m old,I’m often in tatteres, and oft decked ...

PRAYER FOR INDIFFERENCEBy Fanny GrevilleI ASK no kind return of love,No tempting charm to please;Far from the hea...

THE OWL AND THE PUSSY-CATBy Edward LearI.The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to seaIn a beautiful pea-green boat: The...

THE QUEEN OF HEARTSBy Christina RossettiHow comes it, Flora, that, whenever wePlay cards together, you invariably,H...

THE PARKBy Ralph Waldo EmersonThe prosperous and beautifulTo me seem not to wearThe yoke of conscience masterful,W...

THE RIVER SONGBy Ezra PoundThis boat is of shato-wood, and its gunwales are cut magnolia,Musicians with jewelled ...

A PRAYER FOR MY DAUGHTERBy William Butler YeatsONCE more the storm is howling and half hidUnder this cradle-hood...